social justice

Staying Focused on the MDGs

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Sacred Heart @ the UN remind us that there are fewer than 1000 days left until the deadline set for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. While governments at the UN are negotiating the nature and content of any follow-up goals after 2015, achieving the existing goals should be everyone’s priority. The End Poverty 2015 campaign has a special website which serves as a Gateway to the UN System’s Work on the MDGs. Its page on the MDG Momentum gives updated information on each single goal and target. It also has infographics and posters on the eight MDGs which may be downloaded for promoting the MDGs, as long as they are not used for

Social Awarenes that Impels to Action

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The following criteria are used to assess the success with which a Sacred Heart schools has promoted a social awareness that impels to action:         The School curricula, policies and practices offer students opportunities for reflection on, and evaluation of, society and its diverse values.          The School encourages students to be involved in social justice programs.          Students are encouraged to value and protect the natural environment through an awareness of ecological issues.          Christian values form the basis of the Schools’ structures, curricula, policies and practice.